Harness-hook.



No. 758,124, mums]: APR. 26, 1904.

' B H WILSON I HARNESS HDOK.

APPLICATION FILED FEB 21 1903 H0 MODEL.

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Patented April 26, 1904..

UNITED STATEs PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN H. WILSON, OF BETHANY, MISSOURI.

HARNESS-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 758,124, dated April26, 1904.

Application filed February 21, 1903. $erial1l'o. 144,512. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, BENJAMIN H.WILSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bethany, in the county of Harrison and State of Missouri;have invented a new and useful Harness-Hook, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to locking-hooks, be-

' ing more particularly adapted for use in connection with harness; andit consists in the features hereinafter described and particularlyclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of one formof my invention used for holding checkreins with the rein shown aslocked therein. Fig. 2 is a side elevation showingthe device ready toreceive ward movement of the device. The hook 10,

which has been described as being approximately circular, has at therear side thereof an inlet or opening 13, the ends or points adjacent towhich are beveled upon their inner sides, as shown at 13, and the saidhook, as:

will be seen clearly in Fig. 3 of the drawings, is elliptical incross-section, the'ends or termini of said hook being rounded orinwardly beveled, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

1 1 designates a disk having a convex edge 14, fitting loosely withinthe hook 10, where it is secured permanently by means of a pair of thinmetallicdisks or plates 15 15, which are secured on either side thereofand which terminate peripherally within the perimeter of the hook 10.The disks 15 are connected with each other and the intermediate disk 14:by means of rivets 16 or other suitable means, a plurality of which areused in order that the said plates 15 may not be displaced from thepositions occupied by them relatively to the intermediate disk 14. Y

The disk 14: and. plates 15 are recessed at 17, said recess having aninner straight or flat side 18 and outwardly-curved end walls 19, whichcombine to form an entrance-opening to therecess 17 of considerablegreater extent than the opening 15 of the circular member whichconstitutes the book. The movable member of the device, which comprisesthe disk 14 and the plates 15, may thus be turned or displaced to someextent without taking the openingof the recess 17 out of alinement withthe opening 13 of the hook. Owing to this arrangement, the movable orrotary member, which is held in light frictional engagement with thehook, is not liable when idle or disengaged from the checkrein to bedisplaced to an extent which shall prevent the reinsertion of thecheckrein Without first adjusting the rotary member to bring the recessof the latter into alinement with the hook-opening.

The operation of this device will be readily understood from theforegoing description,

' taken in connection with the drawings hereto annexed. Fig. 2illustrates the device in position for the adjustment of the checkrein,which latter is designated 0. The latter is readily placed in position,owing tethe beveled ends 18 of the hook, and it is then caused to bearagainst the rotary member of the device in such a manner as to reversethe position of the latter when it assumes the position illustrated inFig. 1, where it will be seen that the checkrein is in direct engagementwith the checkbook. The elliptical cross-sectional shape of the latter,as well as the curved end walls of the recess, will prevent chafing orabrasion of the checkrein, and the latter is held in position with theutmost safety until it shall be desired to release it, which maybeaccomplates, which are held in position by a plurality of transversefastening means, such as ordinary rivets, whereby the displacement ofthe members 14: and 15 is positively prevented. Having thus described myinvention, I claim' In a harness-hook of the class described, anapproximately circular hook, elliptical in cross-section and providedwith ends spaced apart and beveled upon their inner sides, incombination with a disk seated in said hook and having a convex edge,thin plates adjacent to the sides of said disk and terminatingperipherally within the perimeter of the hook,

and means connecting said plates with the central disk, the latter andthe plates adjacent

